Sale reports / Florida / North Florida Livestock Market / 2019-09-11

North Florida Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ellisville, Florida · Wed, Sep 11
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1423
Feeder Cattle receipts
397 head
▼ 50 vs last sale 447▲ 9 vs year ago 388 · +2.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
120 head
▲ 37 vs last sale 83▲ 55 vs year ago 65 · +84.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
110 head
▼ 98 vs last sale 208▼ 4 vs year ago 114 · −3.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: All Florida markets closed last week for weather.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $94.28/cwt on 32 head.
Average price
$94.28
32 head · 583 lb average
Value per head Derived
$549
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$163
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−16.33
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 246895.5044712thin
Medium and Large 165293.5561020
One grade step is worth $1.95/cwt here — about −$163 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale32 hd
94.28
—
FL average10 barns · 890 hd
110.61
−16.33
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,60775.401,21212
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23451.5663672
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,78350.7890510
CowsLean 85-90%Average98641.0740517

Every lot

17 lots · USDA AMS · North Florida Livestock Auction - Ellisville, FL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375103.67/cwt99.00–107.003895
Heifers—Medium and Large 253489.67/cwt88.00–94.004797
Heifers—Medium and Large 162194.72/cwt91.00–96.0058814
Heifers—Medium and Large 168791.65/cwt90.00–95.006303
Heifers—Medium and Large 174094.00/cwt94.00–94.006961
Heifers—Medium and Large 177088.00/cwt88.00–88.006782
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425122.60/cwt120.00–128.005213
Bulls—Medium and Large 1468115.87/cwt113.00–120.005425
Bulls—Medium and Large 2478103.53/cwt97.00–107.0049518
Bulls—Medium and Large 256791.67/cwt90.00–93.005206
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,60775.40/cwt73.00–80.001,21212
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98641.07/cwt39.00–43.0040517
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23051.31/cwt47.00–53.0063168
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30355.75/cwt55.00–58.007264
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41558.57/cwt57.00–60.008292
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,87548.83/cwt45.00–52.009168
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,061140.44/cwt130.00–145.001,4906

This sale against other markets

Florida weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Florida auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.